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EXCITEMENT GUARANTEED Edition

OFFICIAL SPACEX STREAM: https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1dRKZEWQvrXxB
Launch Date: November 18 2023, 7:00 AM CST / 13:00 UTC
Launch Window: 20 minutes

Launch Site: Starbase, Texas, USA
Launch Pad: Orbital Launch Mount A (OLM-A)
Booster: Super Heavy B9
Booster Landing Location: Pacific Ocean, near Kauai, Hawaii, 1.5 hours after launch
Spacecraft: Starship Ship 25
Spacecraft Landing Location: Gulf of Mexico, ~7 minutes after launch (powered soft water landing)
Trajectory: 26°, 235 km apogee
>Both Starship and Super Heavy will be destroyed upon impacting the ocean.

SpaceX Launch Page: https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=starship-flight-2
License: https://www.faa.gov/media/69476
Written Re-evaluation of the 2022 PEA: https://www.faa.gov/media/72816
WB57 Tracking: https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/NASA927
Elon Musk X: https://x.com/elonmusk/with_replies

Other Streams:
Clear (宇推くりあ): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WqatH_2SX0
NSF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOI35G7cP7o
Lab: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwhcSwQWOHk
EDA: https://www.youtube.com/everydayastronaut/live

This is the second flight test of Starship. It has been 7 months since the first flight test. Godspeed Starship!

How far will Starship go?
https://strawpoll.com/eJnvvwVbGnv

How many Super Heavy engines fail?
https://strawpoll.com/jVyG8mxekn7

My eyes start to sweat when I look at this thing sometimes